Universal Orlando said Thursday that its new roller coaster, the Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit, will open this summer rather than spring as previously announced, but Universal did not say why the opening is being delayed. ...more

April 24, 2009

Universal Orlando said today that its new roller coaster, Hollywood Rip, Ride, Rockit, will open this summer rather than spring, as previously announced, but did not say why the opening is being delayed. ...more

April 23, 2009

On May 20, the city will have its 84th birthday as an incorporated community. It could be right around that time residents will decide whether the city will see an 85th anniversary. ...more

March 12, 2009

After struggling with the issue for two years, the Lake Placid Town Council has finally adopted a sewer connection ordinance. ...more

January 20, 2009

The heart begins to race, as the body is amped up with adrenaline in anticipation of taming a track that has yet to be tamed. ...more

December 9, 2008

Mario Williams, Steve Slaton and the Houston Texans put on quite a show in their "Monday Night Football" debut. ...more

December 2, 2008

NASA'S MESSENGER PROBE FLEW by the planet Mercury for the second time this year early Monday morning. It maneuvered as close as 125 miles above the planet and took hundreds of pictures, according to NASA's Web site. The probe also collected various other data during this pass. Messenger is the first mission sent to orbit Mercury, and should do so in March 2011, NASA said. ...more

October 8, 2008

NASA's Messenger probe flew by the planet Mercury for the second time this year early Monday morning. ...more

October 7, 2008

One of the largest and most photographed arches in Arches National Park has collapsed. Paul Henderson, the park's chief of interpretation, said Wall Arch collapsed sometime late Monday or early Tuesday. For years, the arch has been a favorite stopping point for photographers. ...more

August 10, 2008

An innocent reference to an astronomical feature was misconstrued as a racial insult in Dallas last week, which is funny, except that an offended official's continued indignity has created humorless ill will. ...more

July 18, 2008